Art Series: Universes Beyond: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth

Samwise the Stouthearted Art Card (Gold-Stamped Signature) made the set's biggest move, +61% to $6.44. 15 cards broke away from the set's shared move over the 30-day window, quieter than most Magic: The Gathering sets (8.1 per 100 cards vs. a 26.4 median). 9 moved up, 6 moved down.

$7.92

$5.10

$4.82

$4.37

Highest current closes across this set's printings. Tap a card to view it on TCGplayer (affiliate).

Value concentrates hard: across 393 measured Magic: The Gathering sets, the single top card typically holds about 8% of a set's total card value.

New Magic: The Gathering sets have typically settled about 34% below their release-week price, with most of that easing done within roughly 16 weeks (measured across 70 recent releases).

Over the first 30 weeks after release, that easing runs about 28% deeper than the market's own drift.

Across 71,958 measured breakaway moves in our archive, upward moves outnumber drops about 1.5 to 1.

1. +61%Samwise the Stouthearted Art Card (Gold-Stamped Signature)$6.44 Feb 24, 2025
2. -31%Witch-king of Angmar Art Card (Gold-Stamped Signature)$4.56 Nov 4, 2024
3. +45%Gandalf the White Art Card (Gold-Stamped Signature)$5.85 Mar 17, 2025
4. -28%Cavern-Hoard Dragon Art Card (Gold-Stamped Signature)$5.09 Aug 11, 2025
5. +34%Sol Ring Art Card (Gold-Stamped Signature)$4.88 Apr 7, 2025
6. -21%Nazgul Art Card (Gold-Stamped Signature)$3.95 Feb 24, 2025
7. +26%Heroic Intervention Art Card (Gold-Stamped Signature)$4.15 May 5, 2025
8. -20%Aragorn, King of Gondor Art Card (Gold-Stamped Signature)$3.21 Aug 25, 2025
9. +22%Lord of the Nazgul Art Card (Gold-Stamped Signature)$4.07 Jun 2, 2025
10. +20%Sauron, the Dark Lord Art Card (Gold-Stamped Signature)$4.71 Jul 8, 2024
11. +16%Commander's Sphere Art Card (Gold-Stamped Signature)$6.39 May 27, 2024
12. +10%Gandalf, Friend of the Shire Art Card (Gold-Stamped Signature)$3.45 Apr 21, 2025